Ironing board



Aug. 6, i957 N. G. BROUWER 2,801,480

IRONING BOARD Filed May 5, 1955 INVENTOR.` /VE/ '6. .5200/4/52 77Z927Zmazgj5mm L United States Patent IRONING BOARD Nellie G. Brouwer, Pella, Iowa Application May 3, 1955, Serial No. 505,621

2 Claims. (Cl. 38122) The present invention relates to an ironing board and specifically to an ironing board shaped to fit the inner contours of a mans shirt.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an ironing board having its top conformably shaped to fit the inner contours of a mans shirt and having its supporting structure arranged so that the end of the board may receive a tubular article such as a mans shirt in buttoned condition.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an ironing board for use While ironing shirts and the like and one having a supporting structure which is sturdy in construction, able to bear considerable weight, and one which when folded to a nested position may be hung from one end of the table top of the ironing board.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1 isa side view in elevation of the ironing board of the present invention in a position of use supported upon a surface,

Figure 2 is a vertical View looking upwardly along line 2-2 of Figure l,

Figure 3 shows the ironing'board of Figure l and Figure 2 in a collapsed or nested position and hung from -a hook in a vertical wall surface, and

Figure 4 is a detailed View partially in cr=oss-section `and greatly enlarged, as seen on line 4-4 of Figure 1` Referring in greater detail to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the present invention consists in an ironing board comprising a horizontally disposed table top supported in superimposed spaced relation with respect to a floor or other supporting surface indicated by the reference numeral 11 in Figure 1, the structure supporting the table top 10, including a first U-shaped member 12 arranged in inverted and upright position beneath the table top with the free end of each leg 13 and 14 supported on the supporting surface 11.

The table top 10 is connected to the U-shap'ed member 12 by means of an elongated plate 15 having downwardly turned anges 16 and 17 at its ends, each provided with a hole receiving an adjacent end of the bight 18 of the member 12. The plate extends transversely on the under side of the table top 10 adjacent one end thereof. Thejfree ends of each of the legs 13 and 14 are supported upon the supporting surface 11.

A second U-shaped member 19 is disposed beneath the table top lil in spaced relation therewith and hasits bight 20 supported upon the supporting surface and each of its legs connected by the free end thereof to an adjacent one of the legs 13 and 14 intermediate the ends of each of the latter, the legs of the second U-shaped member 19 being indicated in Figure 2 by the reference numerals 21 and 22.

` A third U-shaped member 23` isarranged in inverted upright position beneath the table top 10 with the free ends of each of its legs 24 .and 25 pivotally connected to the legs 21 and 22 of the second `Ushaped member 19 intermediate the ends thereof and has its bight 26 abutting a stop 27 embodying a bar extending transversely of and fixed to the under surface of the table top 10 when the ironing board of the present invention is in the erected position shown in Figures 1 and 2.

As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the legs of the third U-shaped member are disposed between the legs of the second U-shaped member and the legs of the second Ueshaped member disposed between the legs of the first U-shaped member so that upon disengagement of the bight 26 from the stop 27 the ironing board of the present invention can be collapsed and hung from a hook indicated by the reference numeral 28 which is supported on a vertical wall surface 29, as shown in Figure 3, there being provided a loop or eye-formation 30 in the one end of the table top lil.

When the bight 26 of the third U-shaped member 23 is removed from its position of engagement with the-stop 27 on the under surface of the table top 10 the first U-shaped member 12 may be moved from its upright position to a nested position parallel to thetable top 10, and the second U-shaped member having its legs pivotally connected to the legs of the first U-shaped member may also be swung to a nested position parallel to the table top iti, the third U-shaped member also being vswingable to the nested position parallel to the table top 10 when the first and second U-shaped members are in their nested positions.

The other end of the table top 10 is provided with spaced and converging straight edge portions 30 and 31 connected together by a straight edge portion 32, each of the underfaces of the straight edge portions 30 and 31 and the straight edge portion 32, together with the side edges of the table top being tapered, as indicated by the reference numeral 32 in Figures l and 2, or cut at a 45 angle, so that the protective cloth drawn over the upper surface of the table top, together with any protective pad that may be used, `may be drawn to a tight fit over the upper surface with relatively sharp edges defining the boundary of the table top, neither the protective cloth nor the protective pad being here shown.

The straight edge portions 3@ and 31, together with the straight edge portion 32, are conformably shaped to fit the contour of the shoulder portion of a mans shirt.

Wing nuts 34 `are used with the bolt of each pivotal connection so that the connections may be tightened.

In use, the ironing board is of special use while ironing a mans shirt, the shirt having its front panels ironed and then buttoned together and the tubular member resulting from the buttoned condition of the shirt being then ipped over the open and free end of the table top 10 and the other panels of the shirt are ironed in turn without removing the shirt from the ironing board of the present invention, and without chance of any portion of the shirt touching the supporting surface.

The free ends of the legs of the rst U-shaped member 12V are provided with rubber tips, and the bight of the second iJ-shaped member 19 has a rubber covering, such as a section of rubber tubing, so that the assembly when erected does not -mar Vthe supporting surface and will not slip thereon.

What is claimed is:

1. An ironing board comprising a horizontally disposed table top adapted to be arranged in superimposed spaced relation with respect to a supporting surface, an inverted and upright U-shaped member disposed beneath said table top with the free end of each leg supported on said surface and having its bight connected to said table top on the under face adjacent one end thereof for swinging movement from the upright position to a nested position paral lel to said table top, a second U-shaped member arranged longitudinally of and spaced from said table top with its bight resting upon the supporting surface and having each ofv its legs connected to an adjacent leg of said rstmentioned U-shaped member intermediate the ends thereof forl swinging movement from `the spaced position to nested position parallel to said table top, when Said rs't. VU-shaped member is in its nested position, a` third U-shped member disposed in upright inverted position extending between said table top under face and said second U-shaped member and having the free end of each of `its legs' connected to an adjacent leg of said second U-shaped member intermediate the ends thereof for swinging movement from the upright position to a nested position parallel with said table top when said first mentioned and said second U-shaped members have been moved tok their nested positions, and stop means on the under face of said table top engageable with the bight of said third U-shaped member for releasably holding said third U-shaped member in the upright position.

, 2. An ironing board comprising a horizontally disposed table top adapted to be arranged in superimposed spaced relation with respect to a supporting surface, an inverted and upright U-shaped member disposed beneath said table top with the free end of each leg supported on said surface and having its bight connected to said table top on the under face adjacent one end thereof for swinging movement from the upright position to a nested position parallel to said table top, a second U-shaped member arranged longitudinally of and spaced from said table top with its Hight resting' upon the supporting surface and having each of its legs connected to an adjacent leg of said first-mentioned U-shaped member intermediate the ends thereof for swinging movement from the spaced position to a nested position parallel to said table top when said first U-shaped memberlis in its nested position, a third U-shaped member disposed in upright inverted position extending between said table top under face and said second U-shaped member and having the free end of each of its legs connected to an adjacent leg of said second U-shaped member intermediate the ends thereof for swinging movement from the upright position to a nested position parallel with said table top when said first mentioned and said second U-shaped members have been moved to their nested positions, and stop means embodying a bar extending transversely of and fixed on the under face of said tabletop engageable with the bight of said third U-shaped member for releasably holding said third U-shaped member in vthe upright position.

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